Electronics Forum | Wed Apr 14 19:47:13 EDT 2021 | solderingpro
Sounds like you may have already found the issue: inconsistency from your supplier. Seeing as Gold really doesnt oxidize and you're using an inert environment (N2 I suspect), I would turn my attention to the supplier. You said yourself, the "Shine
Electronics Forum | Fri Apr 29 14:16:16 EDT 2011 | ppcbs
Below is the long explanation. This defect is most commonly found with BGA components, but can arrise with all components. I see it happening more now with lead free boards that are being assembled with a no clean flux. Best short term remedy is t
Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 30 12:15:15 EDT 2002 | Rick Lathrop
Hi Dave, The paste applied to the board ends up on the tombstone. The pad has a thin covering of solder most of the time, this is why I think they call it a dewet. Occasionally the pad shows some areas of gold and very rarely are some pads not wet at
Electronics Forum | Tue Jul 30 08:37:39 EDT 2002 | davef
When you talk about 'poor wetting', 'dewett', 'no wets', etc.; are you seeing solder pulling back or away from the pad? Please describe the condition. Dewetting. The condition in the solder joint in which the liquid solder has not adhered intimate
Electronics Forum | Tue May 13 08:26:29 EDT 2008 | davef
First, on your reflow temperature comment: The 183*C focus for reflow recipes for tin-lead solder is a falicy. If you held a recipe for tin-lead solder at 183*C peak, it would never reflow. Recipes for tin-lead solder need to be at liquidus plus 20*C
Electronics Forum | Tue Feb 09 16:53:06 EST 2021 | SMTA-64387083
The size of the pad changes among the two. A solder mask defined pad will always be larger than a copper defined by your mask expansion setting. This will affect paste volume, if your standard paste aperture is designed for copper defined pads you m
Electronics Forum | Fri May 13 14:08:39 EDT 2011 | eezday
This appears to be black-pad and is often the result of using specs that call for gold plating that is too thick. The black pad is corrosion that is created between the gold and electroless nickel during the gold plating process. This is counter in
Electronics Forum | Fri May 12 19:42:05 EDT 2023 | emeto
Have you tried cleaning these spots with anything?
Electronics Forum | Thu Jun 29 09:55:54 EDT 2023 | matouschekd
Yes, i tried cleaning it with PCB-Cleaner. Sadly, no success
Electronics Forum | Thu Sep 07 03:47:07 EDT 2006 | vicknesh28
I have been getting non wets on fine pitch QFP packages on random leads during reflow process. I noticed that every time there is some flux residue left between the non-wet lead and the solder pad. No residue was not observed on the rest of the good
